Heavy ceremonial robes traditionally worn during convocations in universities may soon become a thing of the past with the University Grants Commission (UGC) asking universities to consider using handloom fabric for ceremonial dresses ...
The Nigerian presidency has constituted a special committee to resuscitate the country’s ailing cotton and textile industry, according to newspaper reports in the country. The direction is in line with the campaign promises of ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment, ailing cotton
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has agreed to help Autogrill in reducing food waste and losses. The three-year deal will see FAO provide Autogrill with tools to track and cut food losses and waste throughout its ...
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Vietnam Meat Industries (Vissan) has opened a new food processing plant in Tien Son Industrial Zone in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The move is in line with the company's strategy to improve food supply capacity in Vietnam and in ...
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The British Furniture Confederation (BFC) is pleased to recognise Stephen McPartland, who has been MP for Stevenage since 2010, for his outstanding support for the British furniture, furnishing and bed industry since he entered Parliament. ...
Earlier in May, American electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. made a splash in the energy sector when it revealed a new type of lithium battery packs for home and enterprise applications. Tesla touted its new line of energy storage systems, ...
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The PEFC leaders’ summit, recently held in London, encouraged consumers to buy day‐to‐day products carrying the PEFC ‘two trees’ label. The summit discussed the challenges and possible solutions to ...
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The US government has urged communities to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing direct technical support to build strong local food systems as part of a community's emerging economic action plans. Under ...
Tags: Local Foods, health foods
China is in the industrialization, urbanization and the rapid development of new rural construction period of history. To further promote building energy efficiency, accelerate the development of green building ushered in a rare ...
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The has welcomed the allocation of nearly Australian $620 million in the New South Wales Budget for infrastructure that would help secure the water supply of rural towns in the state, Cotton Australia said on its website. Cotton ...
The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
Tags: National Australia Bank's, Rural Commodities Index, wool industry
China's central bank cut both the requirement reserve ratio (RRR), the amount of reserves banks required to hold, and benchmark interest rates on Saturday. The credit-easing move, to be effective on Sunday, aims to "support the real ...
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Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC), the country’s largest quality vocational training provider for the apparel industry, hosted a three-day event in Gurgaon this week that focused on understanding the emerging skill framework in ...
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PepsiCo Foods Canada will receive $3m in investment from the government of Ontario to revamp its manufacturing plant in Cambridge. The investment will be used to upgrade the food processing facility to meet world-class food safety ...
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It is often assumed that emerging-economy living standards are bound to converge with those in developed countries. But, leaving aside some oil exporters and the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore, only three countries and regions ...
Tags: emerging economy, financial crisis